News Izzy vs DDP official for UFC 305 in Australia on August 17

[Corrado Soprano]

Izzy also posted it on his page. Time to find out who the King of Africa is. Izzy getting a shot after suffering one of the most embarrassing losses off all-time is crazy though.

 

[mjfan23]

Well deserved title shot for Izzy. His last win had him on track for this

 

[humperdoo]

Nice. Izzy if he still is the kind of man that he was. I think could win this one. And maybe we can see Izzy vs Pereira 3 before the year ends. I think the Saudi prince would want to see this.

 

[Brendan The Hybrid Schaub]

I think izzy KOs dricus on the counter

 

[ElLunico]

Should be interesting.. Intlitial thought is Izzy could be too good and slippery on the feet but I could see DDP being too strong for Izzy and ragdoll his ass.

This probably going to get nasty leading up to the fight too lol

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Now it’s officially official

 

[MrBlackheart]

Izzy also posted it on his page. Time to find out who the King of Africa is. Izzy getting a shot after suffering one of the most embarrassing losses off all-time is crazy though.

If Izzy goes 5-5 his next 10 fights, it means he’ll be champ 5x with this privilege.

 

[Lionheart7167]

Izzy got schooled by Strickland. There's an argument tho to be made for this title shot, considering Izzy knocked out Pereira (the only man in the UFC to beat Poatan) and Pereira is the champ at LHW and KO'ed Strickland easy.

It's a stretch, and faulty MMA math, but it's not the most egregious title shot offer ever.

 

[bng]

imagine if fraudesanya getting embarrassed even more than vs. strickland

 

[nonoob]

Now it’s officially official

Nice ! Sure hope we get back the old Izzy, his title reign was great.


Has DDP's walkout song "Who let the dogs out" been confirmed ?

 

[Barteh]

Du Plessis can steamroll that N******.

To quote Izzy's own words.

 

[tornado362]

Izzy doesn't handle pressure and someone coming forward a lot, that's sort of DDP's game

 

[jitzmonkey]

I’m not keeping up with it; but why isn’t Strickland’s crazy -ss rematching for the belt?

Izzy’s run as MW champ and finally getting the W against Poatan was pretty epic; but homeboy should probably be forced to get s a win in the division considering how one sided the loss to Strickland was.

 

[JoeRowe]

Dana White-privilege strikes again. DDP by lopsided decision. Striking will be competitive by I think DDP mauls him on the mat with gnp.

Hopefully Izzy doesn't get an immediate rematch afterwards.

 

[Pequeño Corey]

Strickland has the better claim, but the Izzy fight intrigues me more. It has that new car smell, plus all that Africa heat. Pick em' fight for me. Izzy looked terrible in his last outing, but perhaps that was an aberration.

 

[fortheo]

I was far more interested in this fight last November. Goes to show you important timing is for matchups.

I'll still watch, but my hype is cut in half from where it was.

 

[blaseblase]

I’m not keeping up with it; but why isn’t Strickland’s crazy -ss rematching for the belt?

Izzy’s run as MW champ and finally getting the W against Poatan was pretty epic; but homeboy should probably be forced to get s a win in the division considering how one sided the loss to Strickland was.

The UFC doesn't like Strickland

 

[RockyLockridge]

Black on black violence

 

[RockyLockridge]

The UFC doesn't like Strickland

I think they are turning a leaf on him, they are starting to realize he does speak directly to the hearts of MMA fans. Beating the shit out of izzy made him a lot of fans, as a champion he was well supported it seemed.

 

[You Will Vote For Dreyga]

I think they are turning a leaf on him, they are starting to realize he does speak directly to the hearts of MMA fans. Beating the shit out of izzy made him a lot of fans

You think that based on what?